Milligrams per deciliter

Most clinical labs report BAC in milligrams per deciliter. In legal cases, results are reported in percentage (grams of alcohol per 100 mL of whole blood). Thus, a BAC of 150 mg/dL = 0.15%. 

Standard lipid screening to obtain a cholesterol profile for the risk of cardiovascular disease routinely reports total cholesterol, LDL cholesterol, HDL cholesterol, and triglycerides. Cholesterol values are reported in milligrams per deciliter of blood (mg/dL). Different organizations have made recommendations for normal cholesterol levels, but these must be interpreted carefully, as they are contingent on other risk conditions. For example, the recommendations for smokers or those with a family history of heart disease will be lower for someone without these conditions. The National Center for Cholesterol Education (NCEP) endorsed by the American Heart Association believes that LDL is the primary cholesterol component to determine therapy. LDL cholesterol accounts for 60—70% of blood serum cholesterol. An LDL less than 160 mg/dL is recommended for individuals with no more than one risk factor and less than 100 mg/dL for individuals with coronary heart disease. NCEP classifies HDL, which comprises between 20% and 30% of blood cholesterol, below 40 mg/dL as low. Triglycerides are an indirect measure of VLDL cholesterol. The NCEP considers a normal triglyceride level as less than 150 mg/dL. 

In summary, further studies are needed before iso-osmolar CM can be recommended in place of low-osmolar CM. Exceeding a volume of CM of 5 ml/kg of body weight divided by the SCr level in milligrams per deciliter strongly predicts nephropathy requiring dialysis (5,13). 

In the United States, we use mg/dl (milligrams per deciliter) in measurements of total, LDL, and HDL cholesterol and for glucose and triglycerides. Virtually all other countries use mmol/L (millimoles per liter), and some U.S. laboratories are now using that international designation in test reports. Here are the equations to convert from mg/dl to mmol/L. Using a calculator makes the effort a lot easier. 

Medical authorities state that TC should be no more than 200 (measured as milligrams per deciliter) or 4.1 millimoles per liter. That s fine, I suppose, if there s no family history of heart disease and if you have no other risk factors going on at the same time, such... 

A patient has a cholesterol count of 214. Like many hlood-chemistry measurements, this result is measured in units of milligrams per deciliter (mg dL ). 

AH protein concentrations are expressed in milligrams per deciliter. The first bracketed term represents the difference between IgG found in CSF and the IgG expected if the blood-brain barrier is intact. The second bracketed term... 

To convert mg/dL of cholesterol to mmol/L, multiply by 0.0259. To covert milligrams per deciliter of triglyceride to millimoles per liter multiply by 0,0113. 

The disease is characterized in part by increased plasma cholesterol and triglycerides, and the concentrations of the two lipids are about the same when expressed in milligrams per deciliter. p-VLDL present in type III has been shown to contain both apo B-lOO and B-48, and is therefore related to triglyceride-rich lipoprotein remnants of both hepatic and intestinal origins. Both LDL and HDL cholesterol are lower than normal in these patients. 

The results are expressed either in terms of molar concentration (millimoles per liter) or mass concentration (milligrams per deciliter). The following equation is used to convert mmol/dL to mg/dL ... 

Phosphate is often referred to as phosphorus, a practice that is inaccurate and misleading because only phosphate, not elemental phosphorus, circulates in blood and is measured. This practice originated because results are reported as milligrams per deciliter of phosphorus, rather than phosphate. When results are reported in molar units (as in SI), the numerical results and reference intervals are the same for phosphorus and phosphate, but confusion occurs when results are reported in mg/dL. 

A serum protein electrophoresis determines the total concentration of circulating immunoglobulins (i.e., IgG, IgA, IgM, IgD, and IgE). If one wishes to determine the concentration of the individual isotypes, one needs to order isotype quantification. The vast majority of clinical laboratories quantitate only IgG, IgM, and IgA because they are the most prevalent isotypes in the bloodstream. In patients with allergic disorders, quantification of IgE may be useful. Depending on the clinical laboratory, results may be measured in International Units per milliliter or milligrams per deciliter for IgE. 

Because phosphorus is excreted renally, hyperphosphatemia is common in ARF. Like potassium, large amounts of phosphorus are released into the circulation secondary to tissue breakdown during ARF. Control of hyperphosphatemia is important because as the calcium-phosphorus product (serum calcium in milligrams per deciliter multiplied by serum phosphorus in milligrams per deciliter) exceeds 55, the risk of developing metastatic calcification increases (see Chap. 44). Conversely, with initiation of dialysis, particularly CRRT, patients must be monitored for dialysis-induced hypophosphatemia. 

For a drug to be therapeutically active, an optimum ratio of drug to storage sites and sites of activity must be maintained. Thus, there is a minimum concentration of drug per unit of plasma that must be maintained for therapeutic efficacy. This is called the therapeutic level, and is usually expressed in milligrams per deciliter (mg/dl). 

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